'' Most of the state of Sarawak has been absorbed into the possession of his cronies and family members through 'privatizations' and the handing out of palm oil and timber concessions, via arbitrary state acquisitions of native lands, "they wrote in their letter.

Many formerly socialist countries held privatizations that were later called unfair, but "I'm not aware of a single case where this problem has been solved legitimately," said Anatoly Chubais , who in the 1990s oversaw Russia's privatization program.